Boy, the way I'm reading this, all of the comments so far are from "Southerners". Where I live (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), there isn't another major (defined by the ability to get decent high-speed internet) in North America. Up here, we actually have plugs dangling from the front hoods of our cars so we can plug them in at night to keep the engine from freezing up.
Of course, we drive pretty much like we do in summer, you just need to get used to the skidding. For lots of fun, find an empty parking lot, shove your front-wheel-drive car into reverse, step on the gas and turn your wheel hard to the left or right. Even better on a full stomach. (This is very popular with the teenagers.) To be fair, it sounds like you guys down South have got a lot of snow recently. Up here, it's too cold to snow that much :-) -----Original Message----- From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 9:29 PM To: Jakarta General List Subject: Re: OT: northern drivers and their snow...was: Re: On unity andcoherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI� @apache] On 1/6/02 11:14 PM, "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah RIGHT. Northern cars don't even HAVE blinkers! Of course not - then you would know when we are about to cut you off... > > When up north I drive real slow in the just left of the right lane > (avoid northern style kamikaze merges) with my hazard lights on going > about 70 (which must be below the minimum speed limit). So that was you? I think "just left of the right lane" is a strange way to describe "straddling the center". LOL. Yes, doing 70 anywhere but the right lane is a traffic hazard. > BTW the north > to me starts just a little above Richmond. I grew up in Florida > precipitation is called normal. > Its the cold white stuff that I don't > like. (that might also be a result of driving a Miata) That actually sounds like a fun car for the snow... -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." - Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
